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Camden County Div. of Health, Camden, NJ. – 1987
The FOCUS program provided career counseling and job placement assistance to pregnant or parenting teens and young adults as well as young females who are at high risk of an early pregnancy. The goals of the program were to (1) increase economic self-sufficiency among adolescent and young adult women, thereby reducing welfare dependency and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Counseling, Daily Living Skills, Dropout Prevention
Middlesex County Vocational and Technical High Schools, New Brunswick, NJ. – 1987
The Coordinated Assistance, Services and Training (CAST) program reaches out to identify, counsel, and provide services for Hispanic women who are single-parent homemakers. The program is designed to increase their involvement in vocational training, provide them with support services, and help them secure and retain higher-paying jobs. The…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Counseling Services, Employment Potential, Fatherless Family
Glassboro State Coll., NJ. Office of Adult Continuing Education. – 1986
The South Jersey Outreach, Counseling and Training Project was initiated by the Glassboro State College Office of Adult Continuing Education on September 23, 1985. The purpose of the project was to provide outreach, counseling, and in some cases training to single parents and homemakers in Gloucester, Camden, and Cumberland counties (New Jersey).…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Employment Potential, Females, Homemakers
Cape May County Vocational Schools, NJ. – 1982
A project to provide training in the shell fishing industries was continued into its second year to develop entry-level skills for employment and provide instruction and hands-on experience through infusing the existing Marine Science program. Results from a survey of instructors and individuals involved in the industry were used to develop a…
Descriptors: Conservation Education, Curriculum Development, Environmental Education, Fisheries
Middlesex County Vocational and Technical High Schools, New Brunswick, NJ. – 1987
The Urban Job Center was designed to help break the poverty cycle for single parents and their children by increasing single mothers' participation in job training, providing them with such supportive services as child care and transportation assistance, helping them gain access to higher-paying jobs, and informing parents about realistic…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Counseling Services, Employment Potential, Employment Services
Teaneck Board of Education, NJ. – 1983
The Vocational Counseling Project was undertaken to provide secondary-level handicapped students, who were identified as possible dropouts, with vocational counseling and support to facilitate post-high school adjustment. In addition, project staff were supposed to determine the readiness of secondary-level handicapped students for work placement,…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Coordination, Disabilities, Dropout Prevention
Kimmel, David S.; And Others – 1981
A model vocational assessment for deaf adults in New Jersey was created through the implementation of a project with three objectives. The first objective was to review existing vocational assessment procedures in New Jersey and the surrounding region in order to select and purchase appropriate components for use with deaf adults. Materials were…
Descriptors: Adults, Diagnostic Tests, Educational Diagnosis, Educational Facilities
New Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. – 1986
This report describes a broad-based, statewide program to increase full-time employment among urban high school graduates in New Jersey. The program is intended to increase students' preparation for and access to the job market. The report contains seven sections. The Introduction summarizes the problem and the State's proposal. Section 2,…
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Employment Programs, High School Graduates, High Schools
Honig, Jan; Jonas, Judy – 1982
The Vocational Assessment Project for the Deaf tested the vocational interests, skills, and abilities of deaf adults in New Jersey so that accurate recommendations for vocational training and employment could be made. The work samples and psychometric tests, while similar to those used for the adult population at large, were specifically chosen…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adults, Career Counseling, Deafness
Hopatcong Borough School District, NJ. – 1984
The Job Placement Program was designed to provide counseling and job placement assistance to work-bound high school seniors as well as information on employment opportunities to all students, whether work or college bound. During the project, members of the senior class at Hopatcong High School in Hopatcong, New Jersey, were surveyed in order to…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Databases, Employment Opportunities, High School Seniors
Chadsey, Janis; Leach, Lynda; Shelden, Debra – 2000
This report contains profiles of eight states (Colorado, Maryland, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont) that describe the states' efforts to include youth with disabilities in School-to-Work efforts. Data were gathered on each of the states through written records of state resources and grants, web site information,…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
Middlesex County Vocational and Technical High Schools, New Brunswick, NJ. – 1986
The Urban Job Center for Women and Parent Outreach Center in East Brunswick, New Jersey, provides services to adult women and single parents. At the Center, adult women are assisted in developing an individualized career plan. The career plan is tailored to meet the needs of the client as determined by assessment and counseling interviews. For…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Planning
Reynolds, Jack; And Others – 1978
These ten case studies of the Program for Persons of Limited English-Speaking Ability (PLESA) report different approaches to providing training and employment assistance to unemployed persons of limited English-speaking ability. (A summary report of forty-seven projects is available separately. See Note.) The first four describe projects conducted…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Vocational Education, Asian Americans, Bilingual Education